Leipzig - Barthels Hof

At Markt 8 in Leipzig is Barthels Hof (1523), a typical old warehouse built for the purposes of the Leipzig fair. A passage leads through to the Kleine Fleischergasse, with the Haus zum Kaffeebaum ("At the sign of the Coffee-Tree"; No. 4), originally built about 1500 and occupied from 1694 by a historic inn, which was frequented between 1833 and 1844 by the composer Robert Schumann and his friends and fellow musicians (the "Davidsbündler").